Davenport's Encyclopedia

[Edward Davenport]

A large weathered leather bound book sits on the table.The binding seems to be mediocre at best, which seemingly looks to have been unbound and then rebound several times.On the front cover, written is black Sharpie are the words "Property of Edward Davenport". You know it's wrong to read a book that is not yours, especially when you hadn't ask permission, but it's just sitting there, beckoning you. Will you open it to see what's written inside?

No?
Then perhaps it's best to let Mr. Davenport know that it's just sitting there.

Yes?
Well aren't you a bit naughty. Don't blame anyone else if you get into trouble.

As you open the cover you notice that the book is written entirely by hand. The handwriting is pleasantly easy to read, even when pressing further into the book the quality rarely drops. You can only imagine how hard it was to write such a large book by hand. If you want to continue on, flip to the first page (next post).

[Edward Davenport]

Edward Davenport's
Encyclopedia of Meta Abilities and their Effects on the Human Body

My name is Edward Davenport. It has been some time since i started this book back in 2002, but i felt it appropriate to add some sort of message here instead of simply jumping right into the mix of things. This encyclopedia is meant for nothing other than to keep a personal record of my findings in regards to the influx of Meta-Humans and their almost supernatural abilities. Having undergone tough trials in order to control my own, I seek those that are having a difficult time dealing with the manifestations of their abilities in order to help and better understand the cause and effect relationship between each human and the special gifts.

If you happen to find this book, I would be eternally grateful if you could return it to:

Edward Davenport
1213 Fifth Ave, Apt 5
Pittsburgh PA 15222

Edward Davenport
Hammel Institute
Pilot Ridge, VT 05411

[Edward Davenport]

September 2nd, 2002

Subject: Gregory Ward

Location: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Gender: Male

Age: 16

Meta-Ability: Invisibility

Description: Subject can bend the light around his own body to reflect the image of the world around him rendering him invisible to the naked eye.

Issue: Subject has trouble activating and deactivating ability, often disappearing without a trace. Even when power is not activated, subject tends to be overlooked all together, often being marked absent in class.

Comments: Over several weeks we have begun to control the ability by assigning it a certain trigger word, in this case "Zimbabwe". The word must be something that would not come up in normal conversation and accidentally trigger the ability.

When the subject thinks or says the assigned trigger word, he successfully activates his ability with little effort. A second trigger word was then created to deactivate the ability, in this case "Timbuktu".

We have also experimented with fictional words with great success and even had some success with the subject thinking of specific locations or people. My theory is that really any one thing can be used as a trigger as long as it is properly instilled within the person's mind.

As to combat the subject constantly being overlooked, we have changed his wardrobe to only include bright and flashy clothing. This will better help draw attention to himself as the side-effect of his ability will balance out the subject's clothing. Over a week period, he had not been marked absent once and not one person commented on the flashy colors he wore, almost as if they saw that he was wearing normal clothing.

Overall, it was a large success and referred him to the Hammel Institute where he could get proper training.

[Edward Davenport]

October 24th, 2002

Subject: Adrianna Smith

Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom

Gender: Female

Age: 14

Meta-Ability: Atomic Structure Control

Description: Subject has the ability to control the atomic structure of objects, to a limited degree. She can make paper as hard as steel and a sword as flimsy as rubber.

Issue: Subject suffers from intense headaches and fatigue every time she uses her ability.

Comments: Luckily, the mother and father of the subject are both meta-humans so her ability to control her power is already well underway as she is taking instruction from them over the past two months as they try to decide which school she will be attending. I had recommended Hammel as the United States would prove less of a culture shock than the other schools, not to mention the language barriers.

To counteract the fatigue the subject goes through, I simply advised her to practice with a piece of string for several hours each day. By constantly rearranging the atoms within the string, her body will soon adapt to the ability and the fatigue should lessen as experience is gained.

Headaches are a difficult problem. It is not advised for Meta-Humans to go on drug treatments for any sort of side-effect as a dependency forms and the possibility of mastering your power becomes nearly impossible. Again, with experience, the headaches should lesson, but they never really go away. The best thing to do in this case would to be trying to mentally block any sort of headache, as most of them are not physical ailments.

With a couple weeks of practice, the subject had shown remarkable improvement, stating that she no longer feels the need to sleep after using her ability. She also stated that she would be attending Hammel next week and promised me that she would keep practicing so that she could make her parents proud.